Stop Explosions: OSHA is Focusing on Combustible Dust 
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Recent explosions at a sugar processing plant, an aluminum smelter, and a pharmaceutical container manufacturing plant have focused public attention on the hazards associated with combustible dusts. Congressional hearings prompted by citizen outrage at the devastation have highlighted the perceived need for additional regulation, and a bill has been introduced to require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to adopt National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards as mandatory requirements.
And OSHA has updated its Special Emphasis Program (SEP) to expand the inspections of employers in affected industries.
Principles of the control of the hazards of explosion and fire from combustible dust have been well known for more than 50 years.
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Learning Objectives:
- An overview of combustible dust hazards and characteristics
- Practical issues with implementation of a combustible dust control program
- Prospects for legislation, new regulations, and what will happen during an OSHA inspection.
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Presented by:
 David Sarvadi, Esq.
Keller and Heckman LLP
David Sarvadi works with clients in the areas of occupational health and safety, toxic substance management, pesticide regulation, employment law, and product safety. He helps clients open new markets and maintain existing ones by helping them comply with PMN requirements under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), pesticide registrations under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and labeling requirements under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and MSDS requirements under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).
In addition to the U.S. regulatory programs, Mr. Sarvadi provides assistance on the risk and hazard communication and related regulatory schemes world-wide, such as the European Union's Dangerous Substances and Dangerous Preparations Directives, and Canada's Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, and similar programs in developing countries. He is conversant on the related aspects of REACH, the EU's new regulatory scheme for existing chemical substances, and assists companies in preparing for the challenge of organizing Chemical Safety Reviews under that new program. He has more than 30 years experience in preparing MSDS and labels, in preparing safety analyses and evaluating uses, and developing control strategies including specific recommendations for control of hazards from occupational and consumer uses of chemicals.
He represents clients before a variety of federal and state enforcement agencies in legal proceedings involving OSHA citations, EPA Notice of Violations, TSCA consent orders, CPSC Notices, FIFRA Stop Sale Use and Removal Orders, and EEOC Charges of Discrimination.
He was counsel to the National Coalition on Ergonomics from its inception in 1994. He has a strong background in occupational safety and health, having worked as an industrial hygienist for more than 15 years and became a Certified Industrial Hygienist in 1978. Prior to becoming an attorney, he was a principal in a small consulting firm, and managed a corporate industrial hygiene and product safety program for a Fortune 500 company.
 The Honorable Gary L. Visscher
Gary Visscher was appointed to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board by President Bush on August 2, 2004.
Previously, Mr. Visscher served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), at the U.S. Department of Labor, from November 2001 until August 2004.
In 2000 and 2001, Mr. Visscher served as Vice President, Employee Relations, for the American Iron and Steel Institute in Washington, D.C. AISI is a trade association of major steel companies in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Mr. Visscher also served as a Presidential appointee to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, and prior to that, for fourteen years as a legislative staff person for the U.S. House of Representatives. From 1985 to 1989, he served as Legislative Director for former Rep. Paul B. Henry of Michigan. From 1989 to 1999 he served as professional staff member and workforce policy counsel for the House Committee on Education and Workforce, where he worked on a variety of workforce issues, including occupational safety and health.
Mr. Visscher grew up in Michigan and is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan). He and his family now live in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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